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No. 845,444. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

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APPLIOATIVQN FILED JULY 26. 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed July 25, 1906. Serial No. 325,029.

To aid whom it llbCbQl/COMUGITL.

Be it known that I, DANIEL B. ALLsUP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Livingston, in the county of Park and State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a.

novel form of gate particularly designed for road or farm use and ofthat type which utiliZes mechanism for tilting the gate vertically andswinging the same open.

The invention includes novel operating mechanism for the gate, as wellas peculiar latch mechanism for holding same closed, said latchmechanism being particularly designed for that type of gate to which itis ap plied.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which Fi ure 1 is a ers ectiveview of a ate embodying the invention. Fig. '2 is a side elevation,certain parts shown in section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is avertical section on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthe lower hinge connection between the gate and the supporting-post uponwhich it is mounted. 7

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, the gate is indicated at 1 andmaybe of any suitable construction adapted for use as a farmgate or onroads. The gate is provided at one end with the usual vertical bar 2,which is hingedly connected with the gate-post 3 by special meansprovided for these members. The upper end of the bar 2 projects upwardlyfrom the top portion of the gate, and attached to the upper extremity ofthe bar is a plate 4, from which upwardly project spaced pins 5 and 6.The pin 5 is received in an arcuate slot 7, formed at the widened endportion 8 of an actuating-bar 9, pivoted to the top of the post 3. Thebar 9 is pivoted between its ends, as shown at 10, to a pivotstudprojecting upwardly from a plate 11, attached to the upper end of thepost 3 and of a shape similar to that of the plate 4. The actuating-bar9 is provided with an opening intermediate of its pivot-opening anditheslot 7, and this last-mentioned opening receives the pin 6, projectingupwardly from the bar 2 or from an end of the guide 1. The lower end ofthe gate 1 is connected with the post 3 by pintle members 12 and 13, thepin tle member 12 consisting of a hook-bar attached to the post 3, whilethe pintle member 13 consists of an eyebolt longitudinally adjustablewith reference to the bar 2 of the gate and having the hook of themember 12 received in the eye of said bolt. The body portion of the bolt13 is threaded and passes through the bar 2 of the gate 1, suitable nutsand washers being applied to the bolt on opposite sides of the bar 2,whereby the eyebolt or pintle member 13 may be readily adjustedlongitudinally of the gate to move the lower end of the same into anadjusted position nearer or farther from the gate-post 3, as may bedesired. In other words, the ad justment of the member 13 admits ofraising or lowering the outer end of the gate, and sagging of this endportion of the gate may be readily prevented.

The gate 1 is normally held closed by means of suitable latch mechanismattached to a latch-post 14. This latch mechanism consists of spacedplates 15, attached to the post 14 transversely thereof and havingcatches 16 pivotally mounted therebetween. The catches 16 may begravity-operated or may have the noses thereof held apart by means of aspring 17, said catches being pivoted at a point between the ends of thesame. A catch member 18 projects from the gate 1 and is adapted to beengaged by the catches 15 when the latter hold the gate closed. W henthe gate is closed, the catch member 18 of the gate normally assumes aposition in the space between the noses of the catches 16 and just abovethe upper edge portions of the plates 15 between which said catches arearranged.

The means for operating the gate consists of operating cords or ropesattached at one end to pins at the outer end of the actuatingbar 19,which bar projects some distance in rear of the gate-post 3. Theoperatingcords 19 extend from the gate on opposite sides and-pass overpulleys on supportingposts 20, situated at some distance from said gate.Weights 0r handles 21 are preferably attached to the outer ends of thecords or ropes 19 and convenient to be grasped by any one approachingthe gate either on foot or in a vehicle, so that said ropes may beactuated in order to pull the gate open and admit of passage thereby,after which one of the cor s is again pulled to close the gate. When oneof the cords 19 is pulled open, the actuating-bar 9 is moved pivotally,thereby throwing the pin 6, which virtually constitutes an upper pintlemember of the gate, out of line with the line of axis of the lowerpintle member 12, and this causes the gate to open toward the sidetoward which the bar 2 is caused to incline. In other words, thevariation in the position of the upper pintle 6 causes the gate to openby gravity, and the movement of the bar 2 when the actuatingbar 9 isthus actuated is such as to lift the outer or free end of the gate,thereby disengaging the catch member 18 from the catch 16, against whichit would otherwise move. In addition to the swinging movement impartedto the gate on actuation of the bar 9 an upwardly-tilting movement isgiven to the outer or free end of the gate to disengage the member 18from either of the catches 16. As one approaches the gate the neareroperating-cord 19 is manipulated, and when one has passed by the gatethe other of said operating-cords is pulled upon to effect closing ofsaid gate.

In order that there may be no likelihood of the catch member 18 beinglifted too high as the gate is closed and thereby caused to avoid thecatches 16, a stop 22 is provided and projects from the free end of thegate some distance below the point at which the catch member 18 islocated. The latch-post 14 is provided with a clearance portion 23transversely thereof and below the catches 16 to permit the stop 22 topass said latch-post as the gate is thrown open. If, however, as thegate closes the free end is tilted too high or highenough for the member18 to miss the catches, the stop 22will be raised also a distancesufliciently high to prevent it from entering the clearance portion 23of the post 14.,

and this will prevent the gate from swinging by the post 14 as it closesin an obvious manner. As soon as the free end portion of the gate islowered sufficiently for the stop 22 to enter the clearance portion 23the catch member 18 may he moved into engagement with the catches 16 andwill hold the gate closed in an obvious manner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Incombination, a gate, a gate-post, a latch-post, latch mechanism on thelatchpost and embodying suitable catches, a catch member on the gate forcooperation with the catches, means for swinging the gate open, meansfor simultaneously tilting the free or swinging end of the gate as itopens to disengage the catch member thereof from the catches, and a stopapplied to the swinging end of the gate for cooperation with thelatchpost and to limit the upward tilting movement of the gate andeffect engagement of the catch member thereof with the catches.

2. In combination, a gate, a gate-post, a latch-post, latch mechanism onthe latchpost and embodying suitable catches, a catch member on the gatefor cooperation with the catches, means for swinging the gate open,means for simultaneously tilting the free or swinging end of the gate asit opens to disengage the catch member thereof from the catches, thelatch-post b eing provided with a clearance portion transversely thereofand below the catches aforesaid, and a stop applied to the free orswinging end of the gate and projecting therefrom to enter the clearanceportion 01 the latch-post and eflect engagetrr ent of the catch memberon the gate with the catches.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL B. ALLSUP.

Witnesses:

F. W. KRAUTscHUM, H. BURMARTER.

